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ReaderMan · 08-22-2024, 02:26 AM

I am thinking of either returning this Kobo or if that doesnt work, sell it at a loss and then get a Kindle Scribe 1st gen, because apparently it can sync sideloaded ebooks, while the Kobo just doesnt want to. It has Google Drive, but no way to upload your books on it and read them there....
I have a few questions for you guys, and honestly should've posted here first, instead of Reddit, because it seems this forum is more dedicated than the ones on there.

1. First of all, do you have to pay Amazon to sync your sideloaded ebooks on other devices? Or does it just work? I will read mostly mobi and azw books, converting with Calibre via send to device, assuming that works well. Some PDF's but I can just export those with the annotations, it's fine. Except one user told me that the Kindle only syncs epubs and pdfs, but I didn't know that Kindle works with epub, so that's kind of confusing to me. How plug and play is the Kindle sync method? Does it work well?
2. Is there really no way to sync ebooks on the Elipsa? Or at least download them IN book? Not even with Koreader? Is there any way to at least copy the kepub files from the Koreader in a way that some app on the PC or phone may be able to read them WITH the annotations and the highlights(mostly highlights is what interests me, because I need to study for exams and just looking at my highlights helps me A LOT)? Or no?
3. I want to see my annotations and highlights IN BOOK, does the Scribe do that? Because I can download my annotations with Calibre, but they show separately, not naturally, alongside the rest of the book. If I could somehow get Calibre to transfer the book with the annotations, highlights, bookmarks still in there, but readable on the PC, I probably wouldn't need to switch to the Kindle.
4. Are there any down sides to getting a Kindle vs a Kobo apart from the ecosystem, which to me doesn't seem like a drawback anyway?

I'm pretty new with ereaders so don't assume I know a lot of the things you guys know... Some things may be obvious to you, but not to me, obviously, since I thought any ereader has the sync feature...

08-22-2024, 02:26 AM	#1
ReaderMan Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2024 Device: none	I got a Kobo Elipsa2e and I hate it. No way to sync highlights on PC or phone... I am thinking of either returning this Kobo or if that doesnt work, sell it at a loss and then get a Kindle Scribe 1st gen, because apparently it can sync sideloaded ebooks, while the Kobo just doesnt want to. It has Google Drive, but no way to upload your books on it and read them there.... I have a few questions for you guys, and honestly should've posted here first, instead of Reddit, because it seems this forum is more dedicated than the ones on there. 1. First of all, do you have to pay Amazon to sync your sideloaded ebooks on other devices? Or does it just work? I will read mostly mobi and azw books, converting with Calibre via send to device, assuming that works well. Some PDF's but I can just export those with the annotations, it's fine. Except one user told me that the Kindle only syncs epubs and pdfs, but I didn't know that Kindle works with epub, so that's kind of confusing to me. How plug and play is the Kindle sync method? Does it work well? 2. Is there really no way to sync ebooks on the Elipsa? Or at least download them IN book? Not even with Koreader? Is there any way to at least copy the kepub files from the Koreader in a way that some app on the PC or phone may be able to read them WITH the annotations and the highlights(mostly highlights is what interests me, because I need to study for exams and just looking at my highlights helps me A LOT)? Or no? 3. I want to see my annotations and highlights IN BOOK, does the Scribe do that? Because I can download my annotations with Calibre, but they show separately, not naturally, alongside the rest of the book. If I could somehow get Calibre to transfer the book with the annotations, highlights, bookmarks still in there, but readable on the PC, I probably wouldn't need to switch to the Kindle. 4. Are there any down sides to getting a Kindle vs a Kobo apart from the ecosystem, which to me doesn't seem like a drawback anyway? I'm pretty new with ereaders so don't assume I know a lot of the things you guys know... Some things may be obvious to you, but not to me, obviously, since I thought any ereader has the sync feature...